Former employees have testified that Kermit Gosnell, 72, ran a dirty, outdated abortion clinic with unqualified staff.
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The founder of Operation Rescue has been arrested more than 50 times, the first for chaining himself to a sink in an abortion clinic.
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In March, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley ordered inspections of every abortion clinic in the U.K., following a sting operation by the Telegraph newspaper.
The main suspect in the case, Dr Khelifa Hanouti is accused of impersonating an obstetrician and running an abortion clinic in the Algiers suburb of Ain Taya, the agency says.
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Without any evidence of wrongdoing, Attorney General Holder accused Pine of obstructing the entrance to an abortion clinic in violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act ("FACE").
But the law's sponsor says the law is about having the proper license to operate, and if that law closes the only abortion clinic in the state, then so be it.
The proposed North Dakota legislation is aimed at shutting down the state's sole abortion clinic in Fargo and backers say it's a direct challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v.
In Mississippi, where many anti-abortion laws have been enacted in recent years, the lone remaining abortion clinic is on the verge of closure because nearby hospitals won't grant obligatory admitting privileges to its doctors.
Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice had sought to levy thousands of dollars in fines against the pro-life activist as well as seeking a permanent injunction banning her from continuing her faithful 20-year ministry outside an abortion clinic in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The jury also convicted Dr. Gosnell of involuntary manslaughter in the overdose death of a woman who was undergoing an abortion at his clinic.
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Mr. McMahon also disputed the murder charge in the overdose death of the woman undergoing an abortion, saying clinic workers followed the proper procedures in sedating her.
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The plan to amend the law follows the opening of a private abortion and family planning clinic in Belfast last autumn.
The case came to light in 2009 after a woman died during an abortion at an illegal clinic in Algiers belonging to the main suspect.
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The plan to amend the law, revealed to the BBC, came after the opening of a private abortion and family planning clinic in Belfast last autumn.
The plan to amend the law, revealed to the BBC, comes after the opening of a private abortion and family planning clinic in Belfast last autumn.
Gosnell also was accused in the death of Karnamaya Mongar, 41, who died of an anesthetic overdose during a second-trimester abortion at his West Philadelphia clinic.
Arraigned were 11 clinic workers, an abortion doctor and a member of the Military Police who had been hired as their night watchman.
The Marie Stopes clinic confirmed it would offer abortion, while pledging to operate within the law.
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Supporters of abortion rights have condemned the alleged practices at Dr. Gosnell's clinic and say the case shows the need for women's access to safe abortion practices.
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By a 6-3 margin, the Justices upheld a Colorado law requiring abortion protesters to keep a specified distance from clinic patients and employees, concluding that the statute does not violate the First Amendment rights of the protesters.
Mississippi's Gov. Phil Bryant says he wants to end abortion in the state and is eager for the remaining clinic, the Jackson Women's Health Organization, to close.
In a joint statement they said they had grave concerns about the ability of a private clinic such as Marie Stopes to carry out abortion procedures without "any form of transparency, oversight or accountability".
Meanwhile, two Stormont assembly members are attempting to change the law to make it illegal to perform an abortion outside the NHS. It follows the opening of the private Marie Stopes International clinic in Belfast last year.
Some supporters of abortion rights have blamed curbs on abortion funding and abortions later in pregnancy for driving vulnerable women to Dr. Gosnell, whose small West Philadelphia clinic was shut down in 2010.
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